I saw more than 10 people walking into the hall, led by the young man, dressed in a gray robe, with a white face and a short beard, looking quite handsome, although his eyes were not big, but he was also bright, and his gestures always revealed such a shrewd and capable. , may be running all the way, with a faint look of fatigue in his expression. The man immediately said to the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, do you have any vacant rooms here?" There were 12 of us. ”

The shopkeeper said a little embarrassed: "This master, it's really unfortunate that you came, most of the rooms in the small shop were booked by that master, and now there are only three empty rooms left." ”

The man smiled at Ma Yun, clasped his fists and said: "This son is invited, now the army is in chaos, most of the inns are closed, I don't know if the son can give me two rooms." ”

Ma Yun stood up and said with a smile: "It's easy to say, it's inconvenient to go out and walk, it's right to help each other, Qian Qing, you go and arrange two empty rooms to come out for this son." ”

"Thank you, Childe."

The man said, turned around and instructed his subordinates: "Zheng En, you take you to carry the goods in, Zhang Yongde, follow me up to see the house, clean up, shopkeeper, prepare two tables of wine and food for us." ”

Watching the man leave with Qian Qing, Liao Renyong said in a low voice: "Childe, this group of people is not simple, we have to be careful." ”

Liao Renyong looked at Ma Yun a little puzzled, and said softly: "Look at those subordinates, all of them are powerful, and a few of them have bulging pockets around their waists, presumably carrying weapons in their arms. The boxes they carried, at first these dozen were fluttering, and the last two were indeed unusually heavy. ”

Ma Yun was stunned for a moment and said, "Mo Fei, they are the same as us, and the last two boxes are loaded with weapons." ”

That Liao Renyong nodded, Ma Yun patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "I think the person who is the leader is humble and polite, not like a bad person." In today's chaotic world, there is nothing unreasonable about going out with weapons to defend yourself. Even if we take a step back and say that our well water does not interfere with the river water, if he dares to provoke us, our more than 30 brothers will not be easy to get along with. Lao Liao, I'm a little tired today, I'll go sleep for a while, and call me at dinner. ”

Time is really fast, Ma Yun just woke up, and he heard Qian Qing knocking on the door, and when he opened the door, he saw that Liao Renyong, Qian Qing, and Shi Da were all waiting outside the door.

Jack Ma was about to ask them what had happened. Liao Renyong then opened his mouth and said: "Childe, it's good to rest, the big official who lived in the hotel just now, please go over for dinner." ”

"Oh, there's a treat. When I wash my face, we'll go. ”

Liao Renyong continued to ask: "Childe, you see we will take those people over." ”

Ma Yun glanced at Liao Renyong, remembered what he said at noon, wiped his hands, and said, "Just the two of us, Qian Qing and Shi Da can be guarded." There are so many people who go that people think that we eat together. ”

After a while, the man actually came to invite him in person, so Ma Yun and Liao Renyong followed him into a private room. Ma Yun arched his hand and said: "Big official, it's really polite, it's just a gesture, and it's just a matter of bothering it, which makes the little brother feel a little embarrassed." ”

The man smiled and said: "Brother Tai should not be polite, there is a way that all brothers are brothers in the four seas, and today I have a fate, how can I not have a drink together." In Xia Guo Rong, a native of Xingzhou, dare to ask his brother Taizun's surname. ”

Ma Yun said with a smile: "Brother Guo, fortunately, in Xia Ma Yun, Chu people, this is a distant relative of mine, surnamed Liao Renyong." ”

Ma Yun said in his heart: Guo Rong, hey, it's an anonymous person again, eh? Wait a minute. Suddenly, Ma Yun felt dizzy as if he had been struck by lightning, Guo Rong, could this guy be Chai Rong of Zhou Shizong. Ma Yun's only one bit of fifth-generation knowledge dregs flooded: Chai Rong grew up with his aunt since he was a child, and later his aunt married Guo Wei, Guo Wei accepted Chai Rong as his righteous son and changed his name to Guo Rong. Is this guy in front of him Chai Rong? It's been more than two months since I came to the Five Dynasties, and I finally saw people with names and surnames in history.

"Brother Ma, Brother Ma, please take a seat." Guo Rong saw that Ma Yun was a little **, so he reminded him to take a seat.

Ma Yun hurriedly reacted, took the first step, forcibly held Guo Rong's hand, and said excitedly in a slightly trembling voice: "It's really a blessing to be able to see Brother Guo Shi today." ”

Guo Rong and Liao Renyong were a little surprised: Didn't you just say this? Especially Guo Rong, seeing that Ma Yun was suddenly so enthusiastic, he was a little uncomfortable for a while, so he wanted to pull his hand out, but he couldn't do it. Because Ma Yun was so excited and clutched too tightly.

Ma Yun looked at Guo Rong and Liao Renyong looking at him a little strangely, and suddenly woke up and hurriedly said: "Haha, the brother of the world, the brother of the world." Today, I meet Brother Guo here, it's really this... A match made in heaven, ah, no, it should be made in heaven, ah no, it should be this God to open his eyes, ah, no, it's this... This, in short, is a blessing for three lives. ”

Guo Rong was a little confused, and excused himself and said: "It's really nice to meet Brother Ma." As he spoke, he pushed hard again, trying to pull his hand out.

Since he was held by Ma Yun, how could he let go easily. Ma Yun hurriedly said: "Yes, that's what makes me happy, hehe, Brother Guo, since we are so happy today, why don't we just worship as brothers, okay?" ”

Guo Rong was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart: What's going on, our friendship has developed too fast. However, his heart relaxed, it seems that this person is not Long Yangjun.

Looking at Ma Yun's eager gaze, Guo Rong's eyes were suspicious, turned unbearable, and then turned to accept fate, and reluctantly said: "Okay, Zhang Yongde and Zheng En's incense case, Brother Ma and I recently married Jinlan." ”

Happiness came so quickly, which made Ma Yun a little doubtful: Are you really Guo Rong, in order to persuade you to become a brother with me, I thought of more than a dozen reasons in a blink of an eye, and countless brain cells died, and as a result, I said that there was a fate, and you agreed to worship. It's too simple, isn't it?

In an instant, the incense case was ready, and then Ma Yun and Guo Rong burned incense and worshiped together, swearing to be brothers. Of course, Ma Yunming knew that Chai Rong died young, and when he swore an oath, he inevitably learned from Wei Xiaobao.

After becoming brothers, the friendship between them seemed to grow a lot suddenly. So, Ma Yun asked the newly recognized eldest brother where he came from, how many people in the family, a few acres of land in the field, and a few cows.

Guo Rong laughed, and seemed to be very happy to meet this little brother, and said: "I have been in business for my brother for several years, and I have been running up and down this big river repeatedly, and it is rare to see such a straightforward person as Brother Xiang Xian. ”

After drinking this glass of wine, Guo Rong said: "Don't hide it from the virtuous brother, the foolish brother's family is in trouble, so he can only come out to do business, sell some cloth, and barely survive." ”

Impulsiveness is the devil, after listening to Guo Rong's words, Ma Yun suddenly regretted it a little, there are too many names and surnames in these years, and the Guo Rong in front of him is not necessarily the wise Zhou Shizong.

However, Ma Yun could only smile a little depressedly: "Then we are really coincidental, my brother is also engaged in the business of selling cloth, and I just happened to ask my brother for advice today." ”

Guo Rong seemed stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "It seems that we are brothers, which is really arranged by God." Brother Xian, where are you going to sell this cloth? ”

Ma Yun glanced at Liao Renyong and said, "Big brother, don't hide it, it's really the first time that the younger brother has come out to do business." I saw that the cloth was cheap in Suizhou, so I sold some, and I was going to Bianjing to sell it, but I didn't want the Khitan to invade, so I only arrived in Xuzhou City now, and this business is estimated to be yellow. ”

Guo Rong laughed and said: "Brother Xian, I saw that you are really doing business for the first time, buying and selling, you must always know where the price is low, where the price is high, low in and high out, only then can you make a profit." The price of cloth in Suizhou has always been similar to that of Bianjing, if you say that you sell cloth, you have always sold Bianjing's cloth to Youzhou, which is the way to make money. ”

Ma Yun listened to Guo Rong talking about the business process one by one, and couldn't help but have a bitter face, and said: "Ah, that's the case, the younger brother heard that Suizhou cloth was cheap, so he thought of selling it, it turns out that there are so many doorways in this business." ”

Guo Rong smiled and was about to speak, when the door curtain suddenly moved, and the shopkeeper walked in and made a gesture, saying, "You guest officers are drinking here, do you need someone to sing?" ”

Guo Rong said: "Today I have a new brother-in-law, call the singer, sing a cheerful song, and celebrate." Then, he turned his head to Ma Yun and said: "If it is in peacetime, Brother Xian, this deal is a loss, but today's war, many people have fled to Bianjing and Xuzhou, but it is a big business opportunity." ”

Ma Yun asked suspiciously: "Big brother, where do you start at this time?" ”

At this time, an old man and a young girl walked in, the old man was just that, the girl was about sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a folded skirt with blue embroidered gold edges on a white background, and this emerald green carved belt was tied around her waist, her eyebrows were like a crescent moon, and her eyes were bright and bright. When the girl walked in, she bowed her knees slightly and said a blessing, then retreated behind the old man, bowed her head quite reservedly and hugged the pipa and did not speak. After the old man asked about the repertoire, Qianqianyu adjusted the timbre of the pipa before babbling and singing.

Guo Rong glanced at it a few times, and said to Ma Yun mysteriously: "I just bought cloth in Xuzhou in the past, do you know why I came here to sell cloth today?" Because of the Khitan invasion, the refugees flowed south, and the cloth in Xuzhou was suddenly in short supply. Brother Xian, if you sell the cloth here, you can make a lot of money. ”

Ma Yun looked at the girl, and couldn't help but feel pity in his heart, seeing Guo Rong talking to him, he paid attention to it, but he didn't hear a word clearly. was about to make a haha, but Guo Rong turned his head and said to the girl, "Change the repertoire to a more lively one." ”

The old man said: "Guest officer, if you feel a little bored listening to the music, why don't you tell you a story about the benevolent and righteous heroes." ”

Guo Rong nodded, Ma Yun glanced at the old man, and then said, "Okay, okay." The eldest brother has been in business for many years, and his family assets should be quite thick, but now that the world is in chaos, the elder brother is still out to do business, isn't it too dangerous? ”

Ma Yun finally couldn't help but want to ask this cheap big brother, is your father's name Guo Wei.

Guo Rong said with a smile: "Since ancient times, wealth has been sought in danger. ”

Ma Yun continued: "The younger brother left home to go north to do business, and in less than two months, a business has not been completed, and he misses his family a little. The eldest brother is away all the year round, doesn't he miss home? ”

Guo Rong sighed, touched a glass with Ma Yun, and said slowly: "Actually, my brother's surname is Chai, I grew up in my aunt's house since I was a child, and was later accepted by my uncle as a righteous son and changed my surname to Guo. My father-in-law has great ambitions, so my aunt and I have been doing business all year round to save family resources in order to fund him to join the army as a general. ”

This time I made a lot of money. Ma Yun said happily in his heart: "That's really to congratulate the big brother, when there is chaos today, it is also the time for a hero like the big brother to show his ambitions." ”

Guo Rong said conceitedly: "If I am a general, how can I worry about the people in the world." ”

Ma Yun was about to continue to express his respect for Guo Rong, but he heard the old man beat his waist drum and said, "Do you know who this person is?" It is the hero of benevolence and righteousness - Zhao Kuangyin! ”